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Streak and Read Principle Offense

The New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars with Coughlin and Gilbride from 1995–present known as a Streak and Read Principle Offense. Which was coined by Jim Miller (New York Giants back up Quarterback in 2005) in Ralph Vacchiano's book http://www.amazon.com/Eli-Manning-The-Making-Quarterback/dp/1602393176.

"It's different than it was at Michigan," Manningham said. "At Michigan, it was man or zone. That's all you needed to know. Now you need to know what the backside corners are doing, what the water boy is doing and everybody else."

That's because the Giants have an offense that employs a "streak-read principle" for its receivers. The routes don't just depend on the play that's called in the huddle. They have to make sight adjustments when they get to their spot in the formation based on where the cornerbacks and safeties are aligned.

"You've got to look at DBs and (middle) linebackers. You've got to look at the whole defense," Manningham said. "The routes depend on what the coverage is. You come out and you know what you've got to do, but it may change the whole thing after you get done looking at the coverage."

*Articles:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/kevin-gilbride-option-offense-passing-game-fuels-ny-giants-article-1.1013448

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-08-05/sports/17903158_1_quad-michigan-amani-toomer

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7481235/chris-brown-victor-cruz-new-york-giants

*Video:

"I can't cover option routes all day!" Carlos Rogers 2012 NFC Championship game vs. Victor Cruz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf3TWlN409E

"West Coast Offense Much Simpler" Manningham on Niners West Coast Offense. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLMamR6dkQ

"Read what you see in front of you" 1:55-2:58 Cruz game winning TD Redskins 10/21/12. http://www.giants.com/media-vault/videos/Postgame-WR-Victor-Cruz/47badd3a-4f62-4c53-8ead-eb6447555559

"All the Option Routes" Marshall Faulk 3:49: http://www.nfl.com/videos/cincinnati-bengals/0ap2000000092497/Giants-struggles-here-to-stay

*Kevin Gilbride on 2011 Giants WR & TE (O.C. 2006-2013):

"I’d rather let you answer that than me,” Gilbride says. “Let me just say that I’m very proud of the guys that I work with. We started with five new guys and then we had all of the injuries and the youth and the guys who haven’t played and some of the things that we ask them to do. You don’t just, in our offense, go out and run a 12-yard curl or a 10-yard in-cut. We ask them to read a lot of things. We put a lot of pressure on receivers to see things as a quarterback would. It’s very difficult as a coach to get those things coordinated."

"Explained very simply, Manning has the ability to change the play to almost anything in that week’s game plan, based on what he sees in the defensive alignment. And when he calls a pass play, the receivers have several options to change their routes on each play, depending on what the defense does. It’s complicated and hard to learn, and it can be very tricky for the quarterback and receiver to make sure they’re seeing exactly the same thing out of each defender."

*Play Clock Ticks Down: 12 seconds http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2011/12/giants_eli_manning_a_master_of.html

When center Kevin Boothe approaches the line of scrimmage, he’s never caught off-guard by the opposing personnel facing him. Offensive linemen are on the field for every play, so Boothe uses the time the Giants change players to turn around and see how the defense reacts. “Is it three down (linemen) or four down?” said Boothe, the Giants’ center since the injured David Baas has been out. “Just to get a head start on what we’ll be facing.” Manning now takes a look.

This is when he can be heard yelling a few checks:

• “Four down, set!” (Four down linemen. This determines how a play is blocked.)

• “Fifty-nine’s the Mike!” (No. 59 is identified by Manning as the middle linebacker. This also determines how a running play or blitz pickup is blocked and which receivers must run “hot” routes.)

• “Opposite!” (Run the play the other way than what was called.)

• “Easy, easy.” Like a military order, that last one means everybody relax, the snap count is stopping so Manning can call an audible. The original play isn’t going to work. So it’s on to the next one. 08 secs This is where Manning is at his best. Gilbride says all the time that Manning gets the Giants into the right plays based on what he sees from the defense.

Case in point: the successful 2-point conversions in each of the past two games that were changed from passes to runs. The Packers left the middle of the line uncovered, while the Cowboys had five defensive backs on three receivers, leaving only six players in the box.

*Tom Coughlin and Kevin Gilbride Connection:

Mike Sullivan Offensive Coordinator of Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2012 who served as an assisant to Tom Coughlin.

Article: Learning an Offense: http://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/learning-an-offense-takes-time-for-tampa-bay-buccaneers/1247467

"Surely, there's a lot of stuff in this offense that is on-the-fly and conversion-type of stuff," Bucs backup quarterback Dan Orlov¬sky said. Receivers and quarterbacks have to be on the same page in any offense. But at times for the Bucs this season, it might look as though they're not working from the same playbook.

"In this system, they probably put a lot on the receivers to read the routes on the fly," Brad Johnson said. "Is it a curl? Does it adjust to a corner route? Is it a hitch? Or does it convert to a fade? Is it a square-in? Does it convert to a square-in and go?"

Here's why progress takes time in the Bucs' new offense http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bucs/content/heres-why-progress-takes-time-bucs-new-offense

"What’s also obvious is that there have been some head-scratching throws from Freeman in recent weeks, ones where it seems he’s throwing to an opponent or no one at all. At times, it’s a matter of inaccuracy. But in some instances, it’s a product of the quarterback and receiver making slightly different reads."

*Vincent Jackson (Sirius) compares Coryell/West Coast vs. Streak and Read: from a scheme standpoint its torture right now. Whether that does seem to be a little more flexibility in this offense of course every offense has rules and you -- think you got to stick with him. Those are pretty common but, we have more options in this offense you know with different receivers of positions and you know quarterback seeing what the receivers are seeing just being definitive of making good decisions a quarterback it's gonna read that. And through that make him make the choice though before he goes with the ball. Instead of you know more in a West Coast offense where you know where you will be, everything has this depth that you break here, it's nice in this offense to have a little more off flexibility within the system. Sirius Transcript

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 * Dallas Clark compares Indy Offense to Bucs New Offense (mike sullivan):''' "It's different, but it's fun, Clark said after Tuesday's practice. "There's absolutely no carryover from what I dealt with in Indy – and I didn't think that was possible. It's all fresh and it's all new, which makes this camp pretty important for me."

*Chris Palmer Offensive Coordinator of the Tennessee Titans 2011-present: Who served as an assistant to Bill Parcells and Tom Coughlin. New York Giants' offense takes note of Tennessee Titans.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/feb/05/new-york-giants-offense-takes-note-tennessee-titan/